禁食禱告的呼召（8 月31日-9月2日）
謙卑自己為世界關鍵領導人禱告，祝福他們得謙卑的福
瑞克.萊汀斯（Rick Ridings）
2019年8月25日
中譯來源：全球247禱告城牆
在聖經中，很多時候，當撒旦無法透過物質界攻擊一位被主使用的領袖時，牠就試圖在這位領袖軟弱的地方攻擊那個領袖，經常使用驕傲，試圖將他們擊倒。
與數量龐大的代禱者一道，我一直在為兩位領導人祈禱：攔阻暗殺、飛機墜毀等，這兩位領袖似乎披帶「古列王」的恩膏，以幫助實現我們這世代 主的目的，特別是主對以色列的目的。
我在靈裡面感到緊迫，我們作為代禱者需要在主面前謙卑自己，並祈求釋放謙卑的靈在川普總統和納坦亞胡總理身上，這兩個人與「古列王」一樣不完美，但他們在很大程度上被用來挫敗屬敵基督議程的全球主義的靈。我相信他們都處於非常具有戰略意義的決策季節，這將影響「憐憫之窗」的開放時間，不僅對美國和以色列，而且對許多國家的轉變都是如此。
因此，我鼓勵代禱者在8月31日星期六 — 9月2日星期一的3天禁食中，與我們協同。這正處在9月17日以色列大選前，競選活動真正開始之時；也是希伯來月份以祿月之始。 在希伯來民事曆，雖然這是最後一個月，但在聖經日曆中，這是第六個月。 在哈該書1：1，在第六個月的第一天，耶和華的話透過先知哈該來呼召領袖們悔改，並因此完成了主給他們的任務。
至於納坦亞胡總理，我相信主在六月賜給我一個關於他的話（以及他的妻子莎拉）。就在Succat Hallel我正要站起來分享之際，我們的朋友Avi Mizrachi，一位先知性彌賽亞猶太人牧師和領袖，作了內容非常類似的禱告。 下面就是我覺得主對我所說的話：
納坦亞胡總理正處在一個極大的破碎和謙卑的時節。他如何回應，將決定他是否能贏得9月17日的選舉......他會成為掃羅還是大衛？面對破碎掃羅更緊緊地掌控。大衛遇到破碎則選擇降服。納坦亞胡仍處於拉扯狀態。不要詛咒他成為掃羅，而是在這個季節祈求憐憫臨到納坦亞胡，使納坦亞胡可以作出正確的反應並成為大衛而不是掃羅。
至於川普總統，我最近被我們的朋友、彌賽亞領袖Shira Sorko-Ram所分享的事情激動。她及她的丈夫Ari Sorko-Ram是「毛茲事工」（Maoz Ministries）的聯合創辦人。
「總統轉推了一位有些神經質的電臺主持人的推特，他這樣提及川普，「以色列的猶太人愛他，就像他是以色列的國王似的」，「他們愛他，就像他是上帝的第二次降臨。」「是的，川普總統在以色列很受歡迎，非常受歡迎。 但總統推文的內容，如果不是完全褻瀆神，也接近於褻瀆神。我們不能放棄他，但我們必須認識到這對他、美國以及以色列來說，都是非常嚴重的。
不希望看到他從古列王的例子變成尼布甲尼撒王。我們知道尼布甲尼撒王在説了下面的話後發生了什麼事，他說，「這大巴比倫不是我用大能大力建....要顯我威嚴的榮耀嗎？」.
我會鼓勵我們所有人首先謙卑自己，然後用謙卑而不是論斷的靈，為這兩位領袖禱吿，他們常常被主使用來推進神的目的，禱告他們擁有謙卑的靈和敬畏神的靈。 對於那些閱讀本文卻來自其它國家的人，我鼓勵你們加上你們國家的領袖，當他們在神大能膀臂下謙卑自己，就可將自己置於神的恩典之下來帶領國家。
歷代志下7:14：「這稱為我名下的子民，若是自卑、禱告，尋求我的面，轉離他們惡行，我必從天上垂聽，赦免他們的罪，醫治他們的地。」
雅各書4:6,10：「但祂賜更多的恩典，所以經上説：「神阻擋驕傲的人，賜恩給謙卑的人。」「務要在主面前自卑，主就必叫你們升髙。」
A CALL TO FAST AND PRAY THIS COMING WEEKEND
Humbling Ourselves to Pray for Key Leaders to Humble Themselves
Many times in the Scriptures, when Satan could not take out a leader being used by the Lord by external physical attack, he then tried to attack that leader in an area of weakness, often using pride to try to bring them down.
Along with large numbers of intercessors, I have been praying against assassinations, airplanes crashes, etc. for two leaders who seem to have a “Cyrus” anointing to help fulfill the purposes of the Lord in our generation, particularly concerning Israel.
I sense an urgency in my spirit that we as intercessors need to humble ourselves before the Lord and pray for a release of the spirit of humility upon President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, two men who are as imperfect as “King Cyrus”, yet whom have been used in significant ways to set back the globalist, spirit of anti-Christ agenda. I believe they are both in very strategic seasons of decisions that will affect how long a “window of mercy” is held open, not only for America and Israel, but also for the shifting of many nations.
Therefore I am encouraging intercessors to join us in a 3 day fast from Saturday, August 31 – Monday, September 2. This is at the start of the serious campaigning before the elections to be held in Israel on September 17. It also would start at the beginning of the Hebrew month of Elul. Although this is the last month of the Hebrew civil calendar, in the biblical calendar, it is the sixth month. In Haggai 1:1, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai to the leaders to repent, and to finish the task to which the Lord had called them.
As to Prime Minister Netanyahu, I believe the Lord gave me a word in June concerning him (and also for his wife, Sarah). Just before I got up to share it in Succat Hallel, our friend Avi Mizrachi, a prophetic messianic Jewish pastor and leader in the Land, prayed something quite similar. Here is what I felt the Lord had spoken to me:
Prime Minister Netanyahu is in a time of great breaking and humbling. How he responds will determine whether he wins the September 17th election... Will he become a Saul or a David? Saul responded to breaking by grasping control. David yielded control. Netanyahu is still in the balance. Do not curse him as a Saul, but pray during this season for mercy upon Netanyahu that he may make the right responses and become a David and not a Saul.
As to President Trump, I was stirred by something recently shared by our friend, messianic leader Shira Sorko-Ram, co-founder with her husband, Ari Sorko-Ram, of Maoz Ministries:
“The President retweeted some neurotic radio host who said of Trump, ‘the Jewish people in Israel love him like he’s the king of Israel’ and ‘they love him like he is the second coming of God.’ Yes, President Trump is popular in Israel - very popular. But what the president tweeted is near blasphemy, if not wholly blasphemous. We cannot give up on him but we must recognize that this is very serious for him and for America and for Israel.
We do not want to see him to go from an example of a King Cyrus to a King Nebuchadnezzar. We know what happened to that king when he said, ‘Is not this great Babylon, that I have built...by my mighty power and for the honor of my majesty?’”
I would encourage us all first of all humble ourselves, and then to pray from a spirit of humility, and not judgment, for these two leaders who have been so used to further the Lord’s purposes for a spirit of humility and the fear of the Lord. And for those from other nations who read this, I encourage you to add the leader of your nation, that they might position themselves to receive the grace of the Lord to lead as they humble themselves under His mighty hand.
2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their sin.”
James 4:6, 10: “But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: ‘God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.’ Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.”
Rick Ridings
25 August 2019
Succat Hallel 24/7 House of Prayer in Jerusalem
